Economic Development Does Mean Greater Carbon Footprint and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Tuesday, April 12, 2016 - 14:30
in Earth & Climate
Must greater prosperity necessarily lead to a greater carbon footprint and increased greenhouse gas emissions? "In theory, no, but in practice this seems to be the case", says researcher Max Koch from Lund University in Sweden. His study of 138 countries is the first ever to take a global approach to the connections between growth, prosperity and ecological sustainability. The study was recently published in the journal article Global Environmental Change.